Month: March 2018

John was a new employee with the company and had been thrown into the middle of a major technical crisis. He had no experience, no training, and no resources for the IT work that he had just been hired to do. He was on his own. One by one, he began calling employees in the […]

In the past few months, many business leaders, journalists, politicians, actors, and others have been called to task for workplace sexual harassment. Throughout my 20 years of providing harassment prevention training to businesses, I saw the pain and suffering harassment brings to its victims (and to those falsely accused), to the business, and even to […]

I was thirty-four and walking through the door of the largest advertising agency in Minneapolis for my first day. How could this be? I had been offered a job for which I didn’t have the necessary “pedigree.” While that job would fade away in three years, it positioned me for another assignment that would be […]

Most of us have a commute to work; some longer and more challenging than others. How we drive to work can say a lot about our view of the world, our fellow citizens, and even our coworkers. It might even have a big impact on the day we – and those around us – might […]